# Are you ready?

> A Meatingplace commentary argues that African swine fever, now in the Caribbean, is close enough to be a serious threat to the US. It says pork packers would play a central role in managing any outbreak, and that a US outbreak would cause major losses of animals and export markets. The piece urges plants to prepare for detection and sanitation.

- Date: 2021-10-27 · published 2021-10-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44456-are-you-ready
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

The commentary highlights the downside risk to US pork exports and hog prices if the disease arrives. It does not report a new event that changes supply today.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2022-09-22 | [Are we ready for an FAD together?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16249-are-we-ready-for-an-fad-together.md) | -4.0% | -6.2% |
| HOGS | 2021-04-17 | [Nagaland reports outbreak of ASF](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47475-nagaland-reports-outbreak-of-asf.md) | +4.3% | +7.8% |
| HOGS | 2020-11-19 | [African Swine Fever: Everything you need to know](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50033-african-swine-fever-everything-you-need-to-know.md) | -0.5% | -2.4% |
| HOGS | 2019-04-10 | [South Africa reports farm outbreak of African swine fever - OIE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59456-south-africa-reports-farm-outbreak-of-african-swine-fever-oie.md) | +7.3% | +5.6% |
| HOGS | 2021-05-20 | [‘Excessive’ controls reduce animal infections in Korea - The Korea Herald](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46968-excessive-controls-reduce-animal-infections-in-korea-the-korea-herald.md) | +3.3% | +4.1% |

## Sources

- meatingplace.com: https://meatingplace.com/are-you-ready/

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